over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhen reading prescription, how do read Jibberish to order glasses online?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhen reading prescription, how do read Jibberish to order glasses online?lemmy.worldover_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square143fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI think I’m better at asking my neighbor for his old glasses which I can see crystal clear through than trying to piss $300 through a $30 bladder.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoOptometrist for a new prescription. Not for new glasses. Get your glasses through any of the various cheap online retailers Zenni, lensdirect, etc. Contacts are harder to find for cheap and most will ask for a more up to date prescription to fill. Costco does exams for $60.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoMy preferred optometrist has a 3 month waiting list. And the nearest Costco is 42 miles away from me.
I think I’m better at asking my neighbor for his old glasses which I can see crystal clear through than trying to piss $300 through a $30 bladder.
Optometrist for a new prescription. Not for new glasses. Get your glasses through any of the various cheap online retailers Zenni, lensdirect, etc. Contacts are harder to find for cheap and most will ask for a more up to date prescription to fill.
Costco does exams for $60.
My preferred optometrist has a 3 month waiting list. And the nearest Costco is 42 miles away from me.